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Windows Media Player won't play web videos

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I've gone ahead and managed to install windows 7
I also made sure to get VLC Media Player
And then—because why not?—I went ahead and installed media player codeck pack just to be safe!

Now, here is the thing: any video files I have saved locally on my hard drive play perfectly fine—not a single hiccup! But, the second I try to open a video from the internet (whether it's on YouTube or some other site), I get this annoying error message saying the player can't reproduce the file...

So, what on earth could be the issue here?

To clarify—web videos actually work just fine if I use different players (like PotPlayer, for instance), but I really need them to work in the default media player for a specific reason: I want to stream via Wi-Fi to my Smart TV—or rather, my receiver. My receiver can handle YouTube just fine, but when it comes to protected content, like music or certain videos, everything just stops working!

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